china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant breezing of the stakes could lead to a trade war. one can assume that the europeans steel industry isn't thrilled about all this either let's find out and let's talk to god he's the director general of the european still association you're a fan joins us now from our brussels studio thank you very much for joining us how much will the european steel industry actually suffer from these tariffs. they don't when union is one of the most open markets in the world so what we can expect from the measures taken by mr trump is sure deflection of steel trade flows originally foreseen for the u.s. towards open markets and of course the european union would suffer the most we can expect thirteen million tons of steel or more looking for new destinations into the e.u. the european union and that of coal could throw us back in the situation we

china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant breezing of the stakes could lead to a trade war. while the european trade commission acedia madam shlaim also reacted to the u.s. to her own steel and other medium taking to twitter this is what she said on tonight's announcement the e.u. is a close ally of the u.s. and we continue to be if the e.u. should be excluded from these measures it will seek more clarity on this issue in the days to come looking forward to meeting with the u.s. trade representative ties in brussels on saturday to discuss. so are they you clearly concerned that the economic fallout could potentially be very large let's take a look at why the levies are not going down well with american trade experts nor the country's allies when american steel makers enjoy about one hundred forty thousand people but steel consuming manufacture is so companies using that s

china has sharply criticized the cherubs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant breezing of the stakes could lead to a trade war. german chancellor angela merkel has also reacted to the tariffs decision here's what she had to say. yes you know we're also concerned about the imposition of tariffs on session products as a government we have a clear commitment to multilateralism we support the european commission as it seeks talks with the well trained organization and the us but also with countries where that could be and knock on effects like china but i believe that channel of communication should be kept on the commission has also made that clear that there is no big deal that's going on in this town. where warnings are poor in from all corners that the economic fallout could potentially be very large and that is not going down well at all with the country's allies and somewhat surprisingly american industry

china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant breezing of the stakes could lead to a trade war. so a warning from the i.m.f. that the economic fallout could potentially be very large indeed and that is not going down well with american trade experts on the country's allies are also angry here's why american steel makers employer about one hundred forty thousand people but when it comes to companies which need steel those manufacturers a much bigger they employ six point five million people so the new tariffs mean that the much bigger produces will suffer for the benefit of the relatively small steel industry with protective tariffs maybe a shot at china's overcapacity but it is america's biggest allies that could end up taking the most flak just take a look say canada is the biggest exporter to the united states followed by the european union brazil when it comes to china it'

china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant raising of the stakes could lead to a trade war. a serious warning there from the method economic fallout could potentially be very large and that is not going down well at all with countries allies and somewhat surprisingly american industry alike because american steel makers employ only about one hundred and forty thousand people bought still consuming manufacturers like comic as for example a much bigger employing six point five million people the new tariffs mean the bigger producers will suffer from higher prices on imports for the benefit of the relatively small domestic steel industry the protective tariffs have been billed as a shot at china's overcapacity but it's america's biggest allies that could see the most of the damage canada for example is the biggest exporter of steel to the u.s. followed by the european union a

china has sharply criticized the tariffs the trade ministry in beijing has called on washington to drop them but it's announced retaliatory measures tariffs on american liquor tobacco and other products. the international monetary fund warns that this constant raising of the stakes could lead to a trade war. one can assume that the europeans steel industry isn't thrilled about all this either let's find out and let's talk to guys he's the director general of the european steel association euro fund joins us now from studio thank you very much for joining us how much will the european steel industry actually suffer from these tariffs. european union is one of the most open markets in the world so what we can expect from the measures taken by mr trump is huge deflection of steel trade flows or originally foreseen for the us towards open markets and of course the european union would suffer the most we can expect thirteen million tons of steel or more looking for new destinations into the e.u. the european union and that of calls could throw us back in the situation we have been two years

intellectual property violations the white house has repeatedly accused beijing of unfair trade practices china's ministry of commerce resolutely opposes american protectionism and will take all measures to protect its interests. still ahead on al-jazeera emotional homecoming for dozens of nigerian school girls were kidnapped by poking around. in iraq makes a triumphant return to hosting football tournaments. through tranquil raveena can you. send in on us and if the gondola. hello and welcome to international weather forecast now as we take a look at the weather across europe we've got some active frontal systems across southern areas in particular and there's quite a contrast in temperatures to very warm air pushing up from the south meeting cold air further north on this southerly flow we've also got quite a bit of dust coming up so some red sunsets i fancy so warmer there for athens warmer for and probably not as bucharest at minus one degree as in this area across from me and towards the balkans that we're seeing some really heavy snow fall and some heavy rain is a real storm risk here that could be

sector the most and that is of course the sector in the us that is still running a trade surplus china's commerce ministry has also said it will take all the necessary measures it needs in order to defend itself so they will take signing tariffs definitely as a declaration of a trade war to no other milan reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange now thank you and it's tough times for commuters in france only two of every five high speed trains were running on thursday and half of all regional trains across the country have been cancelled as a new wave of strikes hit the country the walkouts in response to the president across the labor market reform air travelers are facing problems as well. there have been days of warnings with only one in three trains up and running in the capital parisienne transport also richie's have advised people to car pull the trouble isn't confined to front either high speed train operated telly has cancelled services running between brussels and paris and several nearest star trains to london and not budging either. these are unregistered wildcat strikes and as such effectiv

intellectual property violations the white house has repeatedly accused beijing of unfair trade practices china's ministry of commerce says it resolutely opposes american protectionism and will take all measures to protect its interests. the european union i set out plans to raise the tax paid by digital companies the finance commissioner pair wants firms with large revenues and europe to pay a tax of three percent on their turnover he says he is not specifically targeting google apple facebook and amazon sun times collectively known as the proposal still has to be backed by the european parliament and the twenty eight e.u. countries still ahead on al-jazeera a u.s. man behind a bombing spree kills himself the police are no closer to finding out his motive. a palestinian teenager whose court case to international condemnation receives her verdict. had i was just as cold as it was in northern europe there is still cloud coming down from the north which you'd expect to be particularly cold but this is actually on a warm front now is producing some snow is cold enough not in northern germany i think in polan

let's go to eunice yoon in beijing with the potential response from china. >> the foreign ministry said that global trade would suffer if all countries follow the u.s. example. the foreign ministry statement was softer in tone compared to past statements by the government, that could be because there's a widespread feeling here that china may not see impact at all from the tariffs. we were speaking to steel companies and aluminum producers and they said they don't sell a lot to the united states in fact, less than 3% of steel imports are to china, and for aluminum it's 6% they said this was a counter productive move for the united states, saying this is a stupid trade protection measure, which will only make the u.s. weaker instead of stronger, over protection of the u.s. steel industry will only make the industry more outdated also speaking with a former government official here who said that the bigger impact is not going to be on china, but it's going to be on traditional u.s. allies like japan and south korea. we saw officials from those two countries saying they're in negotiations talking with the t

sector the most and that is of course a sector in the us that is still running a trade surplus china's commerce ministry has also said it will take all the necessary measures it needs in order to defend itself so they will take signing tariffs definitely as a declaration of a trade war to now the milan reporting from the frankfurt stock exchange well thank you. there are headaches ahead for french commuters as the country faces a new wave of strikes against president model macross political reforms many train services have been cancelled and there's forecasts to be widespread disruptions to air travel as well. there have been days of warnings with only one in three trains up and running in the capital parisienne transportable storage fees have advised people to come pull the trouble isn't confined to front either high speed train operated telly has cancelled services running between brussels and paris and several nearest star trains to london and not budging either. these are unregistered wildcat strikes and as such effectively illegal the communist union c g t is behind them it's urged members to engag

tariffs on products made in china the white house has repeatedly accused china of unfair trade practices china's ministry of commerce says that it will act to defend its interests the former president of france nicolas sarkozy has reportedly denied accepting millions of dollars from libya's late leader moammar gadhafi a french newspaper published his statements to investigating judges who were looking at whether his two thousand and seven presidential campaign was partly funded by libyan money police questioned him for twenty four hours on wednesday psycho's he said that he was being accused without evidence he could face charges of corruption and misuse of funds. well because a demonstration in france against president obama plans to trim the public sector thousands of teachers railway hospital and air transport workers some marching across the country they're angry at proposed changes to working conditions and benefits the strike will see train of flight cancellations of the closure of some schools to school life out of paris offices the trash buffet is then attention was this all about. well as you sa

trade could be on the way. now trump stay out of finance ministry get a selloff in equity markets worldwide with investors concerned that a trade war is looming between china and the us blue chips on the frankfurt stock exchange where more than two percent down in morning trading in tokyo the nikkei index lost more than four percent hitting its lowest level since the. investors are concerned that they might get caught in the crossfire between japan's two biggest trading partners. and we have more on the impact of trump's proposed talents in business coming up in a few minutes but first let's go to brussels now as we've heard earlier trump is temporarily exempted the european union from high a tad of on steel and aluminum which are meant to come into effect today the topic is overshadowing what is meant to be the main item on the agenda at the e.u. summit drags it illegals have broken their exemption from status and they wanted to be permanent here's what they said. plus i'll be working with my shadow e.u. leaders today on is to see how we can secure a permanent exemption for the e.u. for there is still time stick w

products made in china the white house or accuse china of unfair trade practices and stealing intellectual property is kind of ministry of commerce says it resolutely opposes america protectionism and will act to protect its interests. still ahead on al-jazeera. emotional homecoming for dozens of nigerian schoolgirls who were kidnapped by boko wrong. and iraq makes a triumphant return to hosting football turn. hello again as you look at the weather across southeastern parts of asia you see a massive cloud across border you know and across other areas of indonesia but it's further towards the north we've had some decent rainfall being reported there in the philippines but as we look at the forecast well then weather conditions generally suggests that the philippines not faring too badly poor likely how much of looking pretty good with showers tending to die away across a borneo now moving up through them in a plane we've got fine conditions to singapore in kuala lumpur but northward into the gulf of thailand region lot of heavy showers on friday by time we get through to saturday probably turning a little bit drier and

trade deal between the u.s. and south korea. need while china's foreign ministry said that beijing was willing to hold talks with the united states to resolve their differences over trade of the weekend china's newly appointed finance minister want washington to rethink its trade policy and threatens to retaliate by hitting u.s. agricultural exports. according to the report the discussions will be led by china's economic zaarly you heard us treasury secretary steve mariucci and u.s. trade representative robert blair kaiser topics they'll cover include manufacturing and financial services u.s. president donald trump it recently announced cherubs of up to sixty billion dollars in chinese imports the chinese have said they won't be bullied. the mummy found they did misjudge the situation and underestimate china's determination and capacity for defending its legitimate interests they also underestimate the price the u.s. has to pay for its reckless behavior. u.s. business leaders in china are warning that a full scale trade war would not benefit either side. the respo

made in china at the white house has repeatedly accused china of unfair trade practices and stealing intellectual property ministry of commerce he said resolutely opposed this american protectionism and will act to protect its interests those are the headlines the news continues keep it here on al-jazeera the strain is next. al-jazeera is a very important source of information for many people around the world when all the cameras are gone i'm still here go into areas that nobody else is going to talk to people that nobody else is talking to and bringing that story to the forefront. of a journalist that. my ministry and. i have i mean ok and you're in the stream today will the killing of a black female politician spur change in brazil will discuss the impact of rio de janeiro councilwoman franco and the issues she championed. she was elected in twenty sixteen and became the only black woman in rio de janeiro's city council franco a fifty eight year old human rights activist was a vocal feminist a lesbian a black brazilian born in f.l. and she will see as a rising political voice for marginalized communities of peop

sectors that is still running a trade surplus now if i can quote from the foreign ministry they say china does not want to fight a trade war with anyone but if anyone forces us to fight one we will neither be scared nor hide so fighting words there are made hopes that a fight can actually be avoided will be the carrot of the six we'll be watching for now tomorrow and in frankfurt thank you. there are headaches for french commuters today as the country faces a new wave of strikes against president. political reforms many train services have been cancelled and there is forecast to be widespread to disrupt air travel as well . there have been days of warnings with only one in three trains up and running in the capital parisienne transport also richie's have advised people to come pull the trouble isn't confined to front either high speed train operated telly has cancelled services running between brussels and paris and several you're a star trains to london and not budging either. these are unregistered wildcat strikes and as such effectively illegal the communist union c g t is behind them

/china trade relations should note a zero sum gain. the ministry has made similar statements in the past.e ths also a commentary in the official state news agency blaming the u.s. for the apparently large trade deficit saying the u.s. statistics are faulty, and said if washington wants to narrow the trade deficit it should ease restrictions on high-tech exports. that's another long standing positi that the chinese argue. yet another theme, the chinese statistics bureau said tod that the tariffs wouldn't hurt china much because the china coul sell to themselves. the bureau was trying to calm some public concerns. and there are concerns that president trump's tariffs could be expand to include some basic chinese goods such as footwear, apparel, as well as toys. these exports are big employers here in china. and that's a reason why, despite e public pronouncement, what we are hearing on the ground is that the autrities here are concerned about a trade war, that they are frustrated with what they saw as lack of results after president xjinping had sent

a competition in korea organized by south korea's ministry of trade industry and energy and clearly our olympians don't have to worry about it too much but then again it went that long again we were watching robot cars going two miles an hour trying to figure out what to do, now you see them on 101. >> you were talking about how if they looked more life like, we tend to feel really bad. >> when they fall down. that's true. >> i feel really bad. >> looked like me skiing. >>> happening today the california department of water resources will conduct the third snow survey this year and they are expecting to see some dramatic improvement after all of the snowfall we have had over the last couple of days. the last survey about a month ago showed the snow pack at just 14% of historical average which is actually an improvement over december's measurements. so hopefully good news today. >>> more details now it turns out that the snow pack across the west has declined dramatically over the years. that is according to a new study just released. scientists found drops in snow measurements at more t

trade practices the alleged theft and violations of u.s. intellectual property and more than one hundred times of chinese exports and china's comus ministry has warned it will retaliate by taking measures to defend what it calls its legitimate rights and interests there are concerns of course though that all of this could lead to a trade war further escalating tension between the world's two biggest economies. where you resolutely opposed this type of the lateral and protectionist action by the u.s. china will not sit idly by while it legitimate rights and interests are hurt we must take all necessary measures to firmly defend our rights and interests we hope the u.s. can see clearly that the nature of china and u.s. trade relations is to mutual benefit and a win win situation more reaction now from beijing with scott hyla. china reiterated on thursday that they will defend their interest at all costs when it comes to trade issues with the united states now in the past they have said that it's unrealistic of a requirement by the united states that the trade between the two nations is exactly equal they say that is unrealistic moving forward a

in china the white house says are paid only accuse china of unfair trade practices and stealing intellectual property and his ministry of commerce says that they recently resolutely opposed american protectionism keep it or more to come on al-jazeera people in power is next. to. impossible to. usas constitutionally controlling the fed with firearms is given to the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and to truly staggering right gun related homicides but it isn't just the us that's felt the effects sampson's border in mexico american soldiers weapons. that come to use drugs. on the reverse has been to invest. this is a shooting range in the southern united states. here in texas shooting is a popular and competitive sport ok you're reading it's my first time shooting a gun magazine goes in it sure shoulder correctly. it's an assault rifle designed for wolf. they're sure to shot night at five o'clock so it would have taken this person out you know she would be dead. today an estimated two hundred seventy million guns are privately owned in the united states shooting ranges and gun shops everywhere and

of the commerce ministry more recently, saying they are not afraid of a trade war and they will fight the end. policyearly china's makers and corporate leaders really do want to avoid a trade war, so i would suggest that china will take a measured strategic approach in terms of its response and reciprocal measures to what's coming out of washington. there are other measures they can take. they have plenty of firepower, onther taking overt measures u.s. companies operating in china, or making it more difficult to import u.s. soybeans. china imports a third of soybeans exported from the u.s., worth $15 billion. they have plenty of other tools, but for the moment this will be a measured response from a chinese government that wants to focus to focus the mystically on the pressing issues at home. rishaad: what is the word in beijing about how far china and the administration, how far they are prepared to go? >> well, as one analyst described it, the nuclear option would be selling off their holdings of u.s. treasuries. we are nowhere new that point yet. they could also we can the yuan aga

regular press briefing the foreign ministry said today that u.s. and china trade relations should not be a zero-sum game. this is a statement we heard in the past from the foreign ministry and also terms of the state media, the official response there, there was an interesting commentary that came out of the state-run news agency, xinhua, which blames the u.s. for the large trade deficit, saying that u.s. statistics are faulty and also that if the u.s. really did want to narrow the trade deficit, that washington should consider easing restrictions on high-tech exports. this again is another longstanding position of beijing. another theme we heard quite often now is coming out of the chinese statistics bureau. but what's interesting there is that the bureau was messaging to the public about a possibility of -- the potential for a trade war saying don't really worry about this because china can sell to itself at the same time there is a lot of concern here that the list that trump what is now going to be broader than what the chinese had expected it could include so

trade war in a lot of. the russian defense ministry center for reconciliation says almost one hundred fifty civilians half of them children have been able to leave syria's rebel held on crave of eastern guta and says they left through a humanitarian corridor and were sent to temporary accommodation the evacuation comes out part of a deal struck by the center and rebel leaders in the insurgent held region as part of the agreement some of the fighters there. we will also be able to leave if they guarantee safe passage to civilians. and eastern which is close to damascus came under rebel control back in two thousand and twelve since then government forces have been trying to recapture the area the fighting intensified there last month and in recent days the syrian government has regained a large portion of the territory essential driving the militants into just three pockets but situation for civilians trapped in the embattled areas remains a dire people have been caught in the crossfire and are suffering shortages of food and supplies. meanwhile america's envoy to the united nations security council has said t

this event comes as trade tensions string relations with the u.s. the four ministrieschina does not want a trade were but it will defend its interests. south korea is expected to spend -- send to high-level envoys to pyeongchang trying to persuade the north to open talks with the u.s.. the spokesman for the president is aimed at the denuclearization of the peninsula as well as improving ties between north and the south. will briefit washington after the trip and will work closely with china and japan. over to europe, theresa may has spoken to the first ministers of scotland and wales after her latest speech on brazen. she repeated her desire for a deal that would allow a frictionless trade with the eu as well as showing no hardware between the public. the prime minister did not say how that would happen. agela merkel moves closer to fourth term as chancellor later in monday with her official nomination by the german president. they are bringing the and two months of political negotiation and paralysis. this will those appointed an internet version of the so-called gran

american pork and apples to steel pipes its commerce ministry said it encouraged to negotiate but gave no deadline trump has demanded reciprocity in trade and is threatening tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars in chinese imports the chinese have said they prefer to convince washington to change course but they also say they won't be bully. them it's obviously arrogance they misjudge the situation and underestimate our ability to defend our legitimate interests they've also underestimated the price they'll have to pay for their reckless behaviors. business leaders are warning that a full scale trade war would not benefit either side. the response from our members has been one have concerned that these actions could lead to a trade war which is something that nobody wants to see at the same time it's important to recognize that there has been a growing sense of frustration within the business community about the lack of progress and market access openings in china's increasing use of industrial policies the markets are already worried with global stocks taking a tumble on friday. some commentators see beijing's response to president tr

( laughter ) now this is really a trade war aimed at china, and china's ministry of commerce is investigating whether to limit imports of u.s. sorghum. no! not our sorghum! you know what this means... i hope. because what is sorghum? is it the same thing as nougat? is that fluid that baked beans come in? whatever it is, it's just the beginning, because this may start a trade war with other countries slapping tariffs on american products, ranging from kentucky bourbon to wisconsin cheese. so, say goodbye to your child's favorite restaurant, drunk e. cheese. ( laughter ) of course, the situation is already being taken advantage by our greatest enemy, canada, who's threatening retaliation. adding, sohrry. ( laughter ) what's interesting is how trump came to this decision. according to white house sources, "trump is mad and feels he's being poorly served by staff. and he wants tariffs, dammit! so when somebody says, 'you know, mr. president, you could just do it,' that's pretty appealing." so, trump is making radical changes to the economy because he's cranky? of course, it's not the first time m

practices the white house reporter accuses china of disrupting global trade and moving away from market principles china's commerce ministry urged washington to settle disputes through mediation. and the u.s. ambassador to mexico has announced her resignation of its strained relations between the two countries reported jacobsen told embassy staff chile's the post in may ties between the two neighbors have been tense with president trump pledging to build a border wall said to europe now where italians are heading to the polls on sunday to vote in a hotly contested general election many analysts predict that former prime minister silvio berlusconi will make a comeback polls show his party is likely to be part of any potential coalition but in the second of his reports from italy lawrence lee considers the impact of a right wing coalition cashin a central italy very old very pretty and people are very angry stuck in the fields outside the town the government has housed one hundred asylum seekers they're about as popular as a moldy listen here. this started wanted on this floor i mean. in the summer so many women have complai

china criticized president trump's intariffs, s that global trade would suffer if all countries followed the u.s. example. the foreign ministry statement out of to past remar the government, and that could be because there's a widespread belief he that the tariffs won't have very much impact on china, if any at all. we speak to steelmakers and aluminum companies and they told us that they a just don't sell lot to the united states directly. less than 3%.s of steel imports are from china and chinese aluminum makes up about 6% o u.s. aluminum imports. the china iron and ste association went one step further saying the tariffs would be detrimental to the u.s. and that they were a quote, stupid trade protection measure that would raise costs for industries that consume s ael make them less globally competitive. and it's for that reason that many people he believe that china won't retaliate for this issue, and that beijing will keep its powder dry for an issue that iteels more strongly about, such as intellectual property night protection. for "nightly business report," beijing. >>> while a number of indtries have warned against a

trade with china more fair. we're so far down and our presidents, past presidents, should never have allowed this to happen. this has been many, many years. >> jon: a spokesperson from china's ministryf foreign affairs says china does not want a trade war but we're never afraid of having one. we have the confidence and capacity so as to not bring the economic and trade relations between china and u.s. into danger. joining us now, brian brenberg from kings college here in new york city. so parse that chinese statement for us. it does seem that there is actually a certain amount of caution built in to the president's tariff proposal. >> yeah, a lot of caution here. neither the president, nor the chinese want a trade war. they want to get a deal. if you look what is happening, you can see that. on the u.s. side, we're talking about the $60 billion in tariffs. but they won't take effect for at least 45 days. that creates time for a deal. on the chinese side, their response was $3 billion in planned tariffs. that's very small relative to how much the u.s. experts to china. we're talking 2%. both sides are playing this moderately. both sides want a deal. that's why markets came back a lit

have been stealing data from the defense and foreign ministries since december and that it's still going on. it's good to have you with us tonight a trade war in the offing us president donald trump has announced new tariffs against steel and element imports which he says will be made official next week the plan is to levy a twenty five percent charge on steel and ten percent charge on aluminum a protectionist measures in the dell jones plummeting and drew an immediate response from the european union which said that it will respond with tariffs of its own. steel made in china. athol an internal trump side for months he's threatened to increase tariffs against chinese imports against european ones too but now the time for talk is over at the end of a meeting with steel and aluminum producers he announced the planned levies we have with us the. biggest steel companies in the united states they used to go bigger. but they got to be a lot bigger again. we have big companies in the united states fairly treated by policy. trade deals by other countries they've been horribly treated by the countries trumps primary target is china due to its m

less on trade because they of course you know trump has the most trade of that even with tennis and still in the in the foreign ministry and as a secretary of state he was very happy to just go ahead with his decision so i don't think that's so much the issue but the issue is just generally the propensity to high chance of conflict of international conflict of which trade is one once and . i don't know who will be sworn in later today for a first term as chancellor what do you think is on top of her konami to do list mending relations with the u.s. . well i would agree that her main challenges are international at this point so we have a coalition agreement that i think correctly outlines a bunch of. domestic economic challenges and i think there's a reasonable job and outlining how they will be met like public investment. tax issues and so forth but i think that the you know the two biggest challenges are indeed trade at this point and europe of course no and i think what has happened in the last six eight weeks is that the trade issue and relations with us on the whole number one of the issues confronting the chancel

made in china the white house has repeatedly accused china of unfair trade practices that of stealing intellectual property china's ministry of commerce says that it resolutely opposes american protectionism and will act to protect its interests the former president of france nicolas sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation police questioned sarkozy for twenty four hours over allegations that his two thousand and seven presidential campaign was partly funded by libyan money he could face charges of corruption misuse of libyan funds and illegal campaign funding out to serious potential butler is in paris and can tell us more give us some background to all of this why would libya have wanted to support a french presidential campaign. we're back in two thousand and seven when nicolas sarkozy swept to power here in france he went on to serve one term in office who back then the then leader of libya colonel gadhafi was looking to try and reenter the world stage because libya had been something of a rogue state and gadhafi political prior at the time and in sarkozy he saw someone perhaps could help him do that and stra

ministry in beijing is threatening to retaliate. almost go to china what china resolutely opposes any kind of unilateral protectionist trade measures if in the end if the united states takes actions that harm china's interest. china will have to take measures to firmly protect our legitimate rights and on the street. the possibility of a trade war with europe is also on the rise. but not because of intellectual property theft. instead europe scribe focuses on import duties on steel and aluminum that the u.s. plans to introduce next week. e.u. is not excluded from the measures they would have to be a firm and resolute but proportionate response but donald trump is committed to his policy of america first his trade policies in recent weeks have rubbed many people the wrong way competitors as well as partners. and for more i'm joined by. the director of the center for international economics in munich good to have you with us today you counsel president on a task has called for trade talks and not a trade war what do you think is listening to that. well mr dusk is of course absolutely right and his message resonates well with business

trade secrets. train to beijing now expected to retaliate. the commerce ministry says the country must take measures to protect its interests in "the wall street journal" reporting that china is looking to impose tariffs on u.s. agricultural exports like soybeans and hogs targeting our farm belt and a good part of donald trump space. eight of 10 top agricultural space and for donald trump. for more on this trade direct or commit peter navarra will be in mourning said maria at 6:30 a.m. eastern time. you won't want to miss that. lauren: breaking overnight, congressional leaders unveiling a one-point $3 trillion deal to fund the government through september 30th. it includes $126 billion the president transporter while. for the 6 billion to address the good epidemic coming to the industry and school safety. it does not include steps to protect a dream return to being deported. lauren: president trump supports the legislation. one played 6 billion to start a ball and southern borders. rest of the forthcoming. more importantly 700 billion to rebuild our military 716 b

to exercise restraint when it comes to trade at a regular press briefing the foreign ministry said beijingas strong discontent for washington and said that countries are suppose -- not supposed to take trade restrictions un latterly and there is belief they won't retaliate because the tariffs probably won't have a whole lot of impact on china at all. according to the steel makers and the aluminum producers, they just don't sell enough directly into the united states and in fact, when you look at the numbers, less than 3% of u.s. steel imports are from china. chinese aluminum makes up about 6% of u.s. alum flim imports and also we spoke to the china iron and steel association and they went one step further saying the u.s. is probably going to be hurt the most compared to china. in fact the officials said the tariff was a stupid trade protection measure and i spoke to a former chinese official who had said to me that if the trump administration was trying to hurt china, they kind of missed the mark and in fact, this is going to be more detrimental to traditional u.s. allies such as south kor

ministry in beijing is threatening to retaliate. >> china resolutely opposes any kind of unilateral protectionist trade measures.uni and the u.s. takes actions that harm china's interests, china will have to take measures to firmly protect illegitimate -- our legitimate rights. reporter: the possibility of a trade war with europe is also on the rise. but not because of intellectual property theft. instead, europe focuses on import duties from steel and aluminum that the u.s. plans to introduce next week. >> if the eu is noexcluded from the measures, there will have to be firm resolute but proportionate response. reporter: by donald is committed to his policy of america first. his trade policy has rubbed many people the wrong way. competitors as well as partners. christoph: science is not only a discipline of reason, but also one of romance and passion. not my words, but the words of renowned physicist stephen hawking, who will be missed. brent: that's right. he was once asked what was the one thing in the world that he understood the least. christoph: i know what you're going to say. brent: he said women. a very

a deal between the militants the russian defense ministries reconsideration center stay with us for the. reality. of people. and they're willing to trade their physical body in exchange for the promise of immortality because remember we've shifted from the physical to the spiritual like this. we've also lost all values associated with the physical plane they all respect for gravity dollars for a plurality. in a gravitational ethical lives valueless back you know moral turpitude which is now the new reality or heaven as some may call it. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades to scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but the price of being destroyed itself . said well these weapons will overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already. more effective against russian forces. let's start again with an update on the situation in the embattled eastern region in syria russia's defense ministry says almost funny phone isn't militants on their families have been taken from the base seized area to the rebel held it live province it's pa

ministry about retaliation. wilbur ross and peter navarro, two top influences of the president on trade, they have been on the business, no, this will not raise american prices, this will not cause a trade war. that is a false narrative. it's time. it's a promise made, a promise kept by this president. the chinese have been taking advantage of the united states and unfair agreements between american companies and china. this is finally the united states standing up to china. that's what the markets are a little nervous about, what what the retaliation could look like. >> down 1% nervous. >> down negative for the year now. >> we'll watch this closely throughout the morning. christine romans, thank you. tonight could be the start of a very rough few days for the president's legal team. we'll tell you why next. it relieves all your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. you or joints. something for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number on

american pork and apples to steel pipes its commerce ministry said it encouraged trump to negotiate but gave no deadline trump has demanded reciprocity in trade and is threatening tariffs on up to sixty billion dollars in chinese imports the chinese have said they'd prefer to convince washington to change course but they also say they won't be bullied. the mits obviously arrogant they've misjudged the situation and underestimate our ability to defend our legitimate interests they've also underestimated the price they'll have to pay for their reckless behaviors. business leaders are warning that a full scale trade war would not benefit either side. the response from our members has been one of concern that these actions could lead to a trade war which is something that nobody wants to see at the same time it's important to recognise that there has been a growing sense of frustration within the business community about the lack of progress and market access openings in china is increasing use of industrial policies the markets are already worried with global stocks taking a tumble on friday. some commentators see beijing's response to president

now, this is really a trade war aimed at china evidently. china's ministryf commerce is investigating whether to limit imports of u.s. sorgham. no! not our sorgham. you know what this means. i hope. because what is sorgham? is that the same thing as nugget? is it the fluid that baked beans come in? >> i'm trying to figure out sorghum. i couldn't google fast enough. what is it? >> it is the gum recommended by patients for their patients who chew gum. >> that means he don't know either. we're going to google. s-o-r-g-u-m. i'm thinking there's a "h" in there. >> everything about sorghum, including the spelling, is confusing. >> we will have it by the end of the show. >> is it sweet, is it salty? >> we're going to figure it out. here are three things you should know this morning. the reverend graham's funeral service will take place in charlotte, north carolina. the world's best-known evangelist will be buried next to his wife. president trump left earlier this morning to attend the service at the billy graham library. >> we're learning the huge equifax data bre

ministry spokesperson who has just said the following. china will not sit idly by and it is prepared to defend its own interests, that china does not want a tradeis not afraid of one. his comments come after these earlier measures announced. i should after these earlier measures announced. ishould make after these earlier measures announced. i should make it clear, these measures that we have heard an ounce from china, that is, it is threatening to stick its own tariffs on us fruit, nuts, pipes, ginseng, pork... —— announced. this is in response to the first round of paris from washington. so that is even before the announcement today was made. —— tariffs. china has plenty of measures up its sleeves. sorry to interrupt. finish, please circulate china has many measures up its sleeve if it wants to ramp up the pressure. we will know china is serious when it starts cancelling boeing jets, or when it puts tariffs on heavy machinery from caterpillar, ipads, iphones, soy beans, all of these things it knows it can really hurt the us economy. people who voted for donald trump, some of those people are going to find their own products are going to be to

ministry. and center. in one thousand. reality. fazer people uploading their minds to it and they're willing to trade their. body in exchange for the promise of immortality because remember we've shifted from the physical to the. good god we've also lost all values associated with the physical plane they all respect for gravity dollars for a plurality. in the gravitational list ethical is valueless back you know moral turpitude which is now the new reality or heaven as some may call it. fundamentally the united states and russia are have been for decades two scorpions in a bottle each capable of destroying the other but only at the price of being destroyed itself. well these weapons will overcome u.s. missile defenses u.s. missile defenses were totally ineffective against russian forces already so they'll be more effective against russian forces. of people across america are expected to march today saturday for stricter gun control laws activists are planning to hold rallies in multiple cities under the slogan march for our lives they're calling for a bomb and assault weapons which are frequently used in sc

and of course meanwhile china's foreign ministry says that beijing is willing to hold talks with the united states to resolve their differences over trade over the weekend china's newly appointed finance minister want washington to rethink its trade policy and threatens to retaliate by hitting u.s. agricultural exports. according to the report the discussions will be led by china's economic czar leo her u.s. treasury secretary steve maneuvering and u.s. trade representative robert bly hisor topics they'll cover include manufacturing and financial services u.s. president donald trump and recently announced cherubs of up to sixty billion dollars in chinese imports the chinese have said they won't be bullied. the money found they misjudged the situation and underestimate china's determination and capacity for defending its legitimate interest they also underestimate the price the u.s. has to pay for its reckless behavior. u.s. business leaders in china are warning that a full scale trade war would not benefit either side. the response from our members has been one of concern that these actions we too are a trade war which is something that